I have anew job!

So it's not teaching, but it is doing something I enjoy and am not half bad at... serving people drinks!  I will be working at the Southgate Hotel in Exeter and it's rather posh!

It's so posh that there is a baby grand next to the bar and apparently it's not for show.  People really come in to play it!  If you don't believe me then you'll just have to pop in for a drink!  Don't know when I'm going to be working yet though...  In the meantime check out the hotel website.  

Not Been Able to Get out this Week...

What with having a job interview and a sick husband, there's been no chance to get out with the camera at all this week.  Am heading off to Newquay this weekend so I thought I'd put up a couple of photos of previous escapades in Fistral Bay.

Will attempt to get the camera out whilst I'm there over the next couple of days, but there's a nice hotel, a spa and lovely people to chat to...  We'll see!

I LOVE Ladybirds!

And managed to snap these 2 little guys a couple of months back.  So amazing!

Pretty Girl!

Today I had prayer triplet which has become a quadruplet since the arrival of a very beautiful girl we call Grace!  She's very good and when we pray, she joins in with a few gurgles!  She was sat having a tickly cuddle with Ruthie when I took this photo, which her Mummy gave me permission to put up (just in case Daddy happens to read this!).  She is so beautiful and an absolute joy to have around.  She brightens up the room and has the cutest smile!  I'm sure you'll agree!

First things first

I discovered I hadn't downloaded my Christmas photos from my camera and when I did so, I discovered I do in fact have a more recent photo of my nephew!  He is still truly scrumptious!

So today, I had to catch a bus to get me to church for a meeting and, since I was in town, I thought I'd take some time, with the camera, to go and look at some bits of Exeter I often just walk past very fast on my way to somewhere else.  They're the old bits and they look old and of not much use, except that they are very beautiful and incredibly photogenic!  It's amazing to put so much new stuff around some of these crumbly old buildings, especially when you contrast them.  I took this photo earlier and wondered how many people don't even notice this when they're walking through Princesshay.  I know the developers did it deliberately which I think is pretty cool! 

I took a few other photos which I may well share on a rainy day when I'm bored of doing macro shots of my house!

My Beautiful Nephew

Technically this wasn't taken today, but today got busy all of a sudden and I didn't have time to go out to play with my camera!  So instead I thought I'd share a picture of my first cuddle with my nephew Elliott!  He is truly scrumptious!  He's only a few days old in this photo, but my camera refused to take a non-blurry one when I saw him at Christmas so this photo is 3 months old now!  Can't believe how much he's grown in just 3 months! 

There seems to have been a lot of baby action with people I know this year; 4 born in the last 3 months and another 2 on the way!  But I'm actually related to this one and I get to be his cool Auntie Chrissi!  He even gave me a mug for Christmas that proclaims me the greatest Auntie in the world!  Just hope I live up to expectations!!

First Blog Post...

I've not done this before so it's possible it may be a little bit on the unusual side for a blog!  I'm going to try and take some pictures to share with the world, since I take a lot of photos, it'll always be quite tricky to decide which one makes the cut for the day.  I'll start off with a photo of my Christmas tree...

This is one of my favourite decorations.  I love being reminded of the real meaning of Christmas every time I look at my Christmas tree; when Jesus was born as a tiny baby for just one reason, to grow up and die so that I can have a relationship with him.  Amazing!